Belle Fille

‘Belle Fille’ (Marky Smith, R. 2011).  TB, 34″ (86 cm). Early to late bloom. Standards hyacinth violet (RHS 87A), primrose ruffled edge and base; style arms cream edged and rimmed yellow, crests lilac touched yellow; falls vatican purple, thin cream edge, cream white area surrounding beard, rudimentary luminata cream veining just below white heart, surrounded in turn by 1/4″ bright yellow ring bleeding out to brown shoulder, small white dart below beard; beards white base, hairs tipped yellow at end becoming solid golden poppy-orange in throat; heavily ruffled, luminata pattern; pronounced sweet fragrance.  Salmon Creek 2015. Honorable Mention 2017; Award of Merit 2019; Premio Firenze Award 2021; John C. Wister Medal 2021, Favorite Guest Iris 2022.